Faith | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 71.1997
People: Giuseppe Niccolò Vicentino, Italian (active 1520 - 1550)
Previously attributed to Ugo da Carpi, Italian (c. 1480 - 1532)
After Parmigianino, Italian (Parma, Italy 1503 - 1540 Casalmaggiore, Italy)
Title: Faith
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: The Christian Virtues
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1530
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/218147

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions: block: 13.8 x 9.4 cm (5 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/ii
Standard Reference Number: B., v.12, p.129, section 8, no.1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan
Object Number: 71.1997
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary: This impression is printed from three blocks, with one printed in a dark ink, as is conventional. The other two blocks, however, are printed with the same color (sanguine red), and the distinctions in the design are created by the density of the ink layer, rather than two different lighter tones, as is usual. The dealer from whom this was purchased had a comparably printed impression of another print in the set which in its second state gains the mark of its publisher, Andreani; it lacked this mark, and thus by association this is also a first state.

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